[personal profile] lmemsm
I've been investigating calcurse which is supposed to have support for importing and exporting ical format and exporting pcal format. It sounded like it could integrate well with the other software I use. It has a calendar, information about appointments and a todo list. So, it covers a lot of the functionality I am interested in. I don't find the interface immediately intuitive, but there is documentation. I prefer programs that will work on any operating system I'm using. That means I need Windows support when I'm at work. I could not find any ports of calcurse to a Windows system. The code includes fork and other non-portable functionality which makes porting a nuisance. I did find a DOS version of calcurse. So, I figured if it had been ported to DOS, it could be made to work on Windows. I didn't read the fine print and the DOS port mentions the program hangs on exit and doesn't handle shelling to other applications properly. I went ahead and debugged those issues as best I could. It currently seems to be working on Windows with enough functionality to use it. Haven't figured out how to integrate it with my workflow yet, but it's at least a step toward some progress. I can get it to build with modified code, but I have not put in the work to attempt to automate the building and patching processes. If I'm just going to use it for myself, I may not need to go through that effort. However, if I want to share it and I want to be able to reproduce building on Windows easily, I need to set up my build scripts and create patch files. So, now I'm curious. Is there anyone other than me that would like to have calcurse working on Windows?

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